Exploring child welfare : a practice perspective / Cynthia Crosson-Tower.

Revised edition of the author's Exploring child welfare, c2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-418) and index.

Preface -- About the author -- Introducing the contributors -- Children : our most important resource -- The changing family -- Children and families in poverty / by Lynne Kellner and Kathleen Craigen -- The impact of violence and addiction on children -- Children against the backdrop of war : addressing the needs of military families -- Trauma sensitive educational settings / by Laura M. Garofoli -- Protecting children when families cannot : child abuse and neglect -- Family preservation or child placement? : serving the child's best interests / by Lynne Kellner and Cynthia Crosson-Tower -- Juvenile court justice : promoting the rights and welfare of children and families / by Catherine C. Sinnott -- Teenage pregnancy and parenting / by Lynne Kellner -- Children in family foster care -- The adoption of children -- Children in residential settings -- Our children's future -- References -- Index.